Wire-tightener.



' PATENTED JUNE 19, 1906.- I. U. CAMPBELL.

WIRE TIGHTENER. APPLICATION-FILED NOV. 29. 1905.-

UNITED STATES h ISAAC CAMPBELL, OF ERIN, TENNESSEE.

WlRE-TIG'HTENER.

7 V Specification of Letters Patent.

. Application filed November 29, 1905. Serial No. 289.684.

Patented June 19, 1906.

take up the slackin wire fences.

A further object of the invention is theprovision of an improvedwire-tightening tool which will be simple in construction and which may be cheaply manufactured.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the detailed description which now follows.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a wiretightener constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same; and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a wire fence, showing some of the strands as having been tightened by this improved wire-tightener and showing one of the wire-tighteners in engagement with the wires comprising said fence.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 5 designates a handle having formed thereon at each end enlarged head portions 6. These head portions 6 are ofiset with relation to each other, owing to the fact that the handle 5 is disposed at an angle with relation to said head portions. Projecting beyond the face of each of the head portions are pairs of pins 7 and 8. The pins 7 are closer to ether and are smaller than the pins 8, where y wire of lar or size may be engaged by pins 8 thancou d be engaged by pins 7..

The operation 0 the device is as follows: When it is desired to tighten wires compris ing awire fence, the tool herein shown and described is placed in position with the pins 7 or the pins 8 engaging said wire. If the wire to be tightened is comparativel large, pins 8 are used to engage the same, w 'le if smaller wire is to be tightened the pins 7 are caused to engage said wire with the said pins lying upon each side of the wire. Handle 5 is then twisted in a vertical plane, which causes the wire to be wound about the pins.

In Fig. 3 the numeral 10, designates fenceposts, to which are secured wires 11 by staples or like fastening devices 12. The two upper wires of the fence have been illustrated as having loops or coils formed therein by this improved tool. Where the fence is not likely to be subjected to severe strain, thesecoils will maintain their form and the tool may be removed therefrom; but where the fence is likely to be subjected to an excessive strain it is desirable to provide means for preventing untwisting of the coils. In such a case the pins 7 are engaged with one of the wires, as is illustrated in Fig. 3, and after the tool has been twisted sufficiently to tighten the wire the pins 8 may be caused to engage an adjacent wire upon the opposite side of the fence, said pins 8 lying upon each side of the wire, as is clearly illustrated. This will prevent the tool from moving and will maintain the wire under tension.

It is to be understood that this invention is not limited to the precise construction shown and that changes within the scope of the appended claims may be resorted to without departure from said invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. A wire-tightener comprising a handle and a pair of pins carried upon each end of said handle and projecting in opposite directions.

2. A wire-tightener comprising a pair of heads, a handle diagonally disposed between said heads and a pair of pins carried by each of said heads, said pins projecting in opposite directions.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two'witnesses.

' ISAAC U. CAMPBELL.

' Witnesses;

G. P. ATOHESON, W. 0. WILSON. 

